Wolfcastle

No there's a lot to that. These rules would be absolute perfection to Ashley. Gives an excuse not to compete and just make up the numbers and makes it almost impossible for any ambitious club behind us to catch us removing the threat of losing PL money as it was only relative ambition (our having zero) that made us vulnerable not income. If its ideal for the likes of Ashley it cant be good.

Nobody but Man United, Liverpool and Arsenal would be able to build anything to challenge Man United, Liverpool and Arsenal except in a freak exceptional season after which they're be plucked bald by them - ironically because of their money having been able to capitalise on the ultra-monetisation of football via things like international fanbases and areas of the country. You might say they got those fanbases for a reason but how is anybody else going to manage the same?

Yes chronic under investment in a major club directly causing it to be relegated twice and put needlessly at risk of that financial strife were it not immediately promoted was just fine. The powers that be showed no interest in his 14year reign until he decided to sell to the PIF. Should have helped us long before it came to that....for the sake of football and protecting clubs and everything were supposed to pretend this is all about... like we suggested and it wouldn't have come to where were at now.

Todd Bulky

Clubs playing clubs owned by the same people - totally fine, nothing like as bad as clubs wanting to compete, they're the ones that are ruining football the big fat ruiners

They experimented with it in one of the non-leagues in the mid90s.It was like free-kicks being pumped into the box. Looked horrific. Don Howe checked it out and predictably liked it which says it all. Long as it stays at youth level.

"very patient fanbase" ?!? Suppose they only turned on the owner, at least two managers, the director of football, Jobe and the club staff last season and left in their droves every time a result went against them.

Leicester weren't able to build on that success, weren't allowed to spend money they have access to, relegated as a result, promoted but losing the manager to a club that WAS allowed to spend money in the same way Leicester were not and starting with a fifteen-point deduction for not sacrificing enough. Thank heaven's FFP has made football so much more competitive.

They should have a mackem version of that old Reebok advert with the Man United greats, showcasing Giggs' in Reeboks. "....their greatest ever team, Kevin Ball would be in it...."

Jiz Ratcliffe

Its wrong, extra money from gates and everything compared to the team that finishes 2nd - but its always been that way, well before sky.

Weeks a long time in football. Why it was only a few days ago that the Conference League was a joke, the intetoto cup revamped and going to distract us from the major competitions - now our missing out on it is the highlight of their season and they're positively giddy about it. May as well be as its their lot in life, to achieve nothing themselves but celebrate failures and slight under achievements at a higher level of their rivals

What happened to the league table never lies. Wigan won a cup but wouldn't say they deserved Europe more than a team that finished 11 places ahead of them just that those are the rules and thats fine.

Been that way for most of the last 150years

Wouldn't be surprised if Man United win it. Never forget how lucky they are, plus the Ten Hag story and a slight upturn in form lately. They'll be second best and undeserving of not losing on balance.

Feels like Burnley have just been an experiment for him, sticking to his guns despite its sending them straight back down with a whimper as opposed to changing it up a bit and giving the club the best chance. Worked for him so fair enough just a bit shop-windowy.

ages of premier league winning keepers (most appearances that season) 29, 30, 28, 32, 33, 35, 35, 28, 31, 39, 33, 35, 23, 24, 37, 38, 39, 27, 40, 25, 23, 36, 23, 29, 25, 35, 36, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31 average age- 31-32.

Peter Schmeichel was 32 when he denied us the title. I wish Ferguson had binned him off that previous summer. If 32 is too old for a keeper, given how much later they start that outfield players, they've not much of a shelf life.

32 isn't old for a goalkeeper.

Like Gazza and Bobby Charlton except already with a provenly horrific record in this new line of work.

Well that's the last bitching and moaning about the team/s for a good while out the way for some folk. Our youth players didn't do well in the check-a-trade/papa-johns and nobody gave a stuff and the club was generally a total mess for some of that time and made no financial gains through it

Just needs Dennis Wise and Les Ferdinand to come along and vandalise his garden now.

Without Europe and as things stand and even just half the injuries we had last season I'm confident we'll challenge for the champions league - the better transfer dealings the merrier. For all the issues this season we'd have been there this year but for Pope getting injured. With Europe we'll challenge for Europe again but probably not the CL. Again as things stand. Bigger more flushed out squad the better.

Man United won the title on the last day in 98/99 but was never really in doubt, won it by 18points the following season and 10points in 00/01 - even with losing their last three games (having won four of the previous six, three of which didn't go down to the last day and one of which was lost by the skin of their teeth). Its four in a row but its nothing like as dominant as that, and they're nothing like as despised. Its a much better situation now. For all the acusations of boring their title races tend to go down to the final day, which isn't very common historically. Its not like they walk it. The first 15 seasons of the Premier League and the three seasons before that only three times did the title race go down to the last day and most were at a canter, most (if not all) of the Liverpool, Chelsea, Leicester title wins were canters too.

Just off the top of my head the first one was a lot worse. Bunch of friendlies. fun though. Cant be sniffy about the title still being active, I'd imagine most of the time its not.